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"Bush nominates Michigan appellate judge to 6th Circuit"

"Bush nominates Michigan appellate judge to 6th Circuit": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "President Bush nominated a Michigan appellate judge and a federal prosecutor to the federal bench Tuesday in a deal with the state's Democrats that will break a long impasse over judicial nominations. Bush nominated Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Helene White to serve on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy of Detroit to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for Michigan's Eastern District. As part of the compromise, the White House withdrew Murphy's nomination to the 6th Circuit and nominated White for that post. Murphy was then nominated to the district court seat. White, Murphy and Raymond Kethledge, a Troy, Mich., lawyer who was previously nominated to fill another vacancy on the 6th Circuit, are expected to be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee."

And The Detroit News provides a news update headlined "U.S. Attorney in Detroit nominated to federal bench."

The White House today issued this statement of "Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 15, 2008 (boomark / email).